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15 People passing by the city look at you in scorn.
    They shake their heads and laugh at Jerusalem's ruins:
    “Is this that lovely city? Is this the pride of the world?”

16 All your enemies mock you and glare at you with hate.
    They curl their lips and sneer, “We have destroyed it!
    This is the day we have waited for!”

17 The Lord has finally done what he threatened to do:
    He has destroyed us without mercy, as he warned us long ago.
    He gave our enemies victory, gave them joy at our downfall.

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15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(F)

16 All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;(G)
they scoff and gnash their teeth(H)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.(I)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”(J)

17 The Lord has done what he planned;
    he has fulfilled(K) his word,
    which he decreed long ago.(L)
He has overthrown you without pity,(M)
    he has let the enemy gloat over you,(N)
    he has exalted the horn[a] of your foes.(O)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.